The Washington critic., 1887-09-20

THE WRONG ROAD TO CLEMENoy.
II the condemned Anarchists indulge
any hope Of further hearing or of ex.
ecutivc clemency, they are very unfor.
tunate In the character and conduct of
the friends who have taken their cause
in hand.
The petition for communication al.
dressed to Governor Ulle,by is fairly
well Expressed though 1t were better
not to have called tn, Justice Of their
sentence in question. hut the wild dec
lamations and sanguintry threats Of
many Of heir sym plthl2crs in Chicago
and elseN h re, relative to The Judgment
of the court aud It's execution, arc cal.
culAted rather to reconcile the public
mind 10 the hanging OF the enlire seven
than t. excite compassion for their fate.
The proceedings OF the Anarchist
meeting held In New York last evening
cannot fail to cause most unfavorablc
ard probably fatal reaction against the
prisoners. The utterances of the An.
archist press are equally indlscrcet aud
inflammatory. All which goes to en-.
phasize the unpleasant fact hat there
is an element of our population, of
which the condemned men nj Chicago
are conspicuous representatives,, which
is out of sympathy with American in.
stitutions and constant menace to the
peace Of society.
Evidently the rantings and rawlings
OF men Of this class will serve but to
more surely seal the doom of their i'm.
prisoned compatrlots and debar them
from all sympathetic or merCiful con-
sideration.
At the meeting held In the great hall
of the Cooper Union in New York last
evening, called by the Federation of
Trades Unions, resolution was
adopted declaring ''the death sentence
pronounced upon the seven representa-.
tives Of labor in Chicago" 10 be "a
pIemeditaied murder and crime
against civilization"
Said Editor Shevitch in his speech
which followed:
Let me tell those men: Don't be too quick
with that hanging business" The iaborlng
classes will one day erect thousands OF gal.
lowses for these seven. We don't want to do
1t, but II needs be we will accept the situa-
tlon and meet IL. We want no pardon, but
We give the avengiug voice oi warming say
t. them, "fli3 blood will foil on your owu
hands" They say 1t was fair trial.
i say It Is u lie The prosecution
and jury Were o. tho same class
n,,Ih h.V 4 a..
the lawyers are going TO the Supreme Court.
let the people constitute themselves jury of
millions, and give the tight verdict mot
guilty" All Glasses are united on this quss-
tion. Organized labor must save the lives of
these men. May this vast meeting be the be-
gil ming OF q great revolution, and we will all
unite in saying, II, must not be, 1t must not
lie, II must and shall not be.n
Colonel Hinton, formerly of Wash.
iugton, was also one Of the speakers,
and sait;
"I do not expect to be hungul, but this Is "a
great crisis in the history OF the nation. The
hanging OF John Brown was but spot on the
face Of the sun compared with the eclipse
which will come with the hanging of these
mtn. do not want to fight again, but will
ifrechssary. (A voice; $50 will all of us ~
1t shame that Illinois, the State Of III a,
coin, should tolerate this crime"
During the meeting there was also q
circular distributed, of which the fol
lowing are extracts:
The judges who have affirmed the sentonot
stand on level with the notorious polio,
bandit, Captain Bonfeld; with the barbarou
prosecutor, Ebersold; with the monumental
Jeriurer, schaack; with the corrupt jury; will
The tiger Of the bar, Grinnell, and with th'
scourdrel Of all scoundrels; with Garry, tn,
manager Of the greatest Judiciary crime ol
Crr times
The beasts of capital want blood Thei
hirelings have shown themselves ready Il
seize the best and nohlest from the ranks o
the people and render them up to their sense
less ragel
Gather together, summon our comrade
from every side and proclaim our opinions ii
such way that no doubt can remain OF thei
character.
Indignation meetings must b0 called an
held as quickly as possible.
Above all, It Is necessary that the Inter
prefers Of the Constitution at Washington b
spurred to pass upon this judicial murde
proposed at Chicago.
The Judgment OF blood IS not yet executed
Let every man do his duty and It neyo
will be.
Long live the Solidarity Down wit
barbarisml
1t Is not by such eXtravagant mouth
ings and Incorporate counsels that tn
ends Of justice are to be reached. |
were well for the condemned men |
they had advisers capable of resistin
course that is morally certain to dc
feat Its own object, aud we woul
earnestly suggest to all America
labor organizations that If they join I
the movement to procure clemency I
this case It be done with dignity an
decorum, and not ia a spirit Of revolt
tionary hostility to the courts of ii
country.
THE meeting Of the Citizens ASS
citation Of South Washington last eve,
ing was devoted to consideration e
several questions which are Of muc
Importance, not only to the residents q
that section Of The city, but to III
property'holdcrs and people of the er
tire District, One Of these question
related to the enlargement of on
wharfage facilities, and another to tn
Improvement Of the Eas'cr Braucl
both of which deserve the liberal cor
sideration of Congress,
THE CRITIC is already on record q